Journal profile
Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges
ISSN 2784-7497 · Sciendo · Poland
Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges: impact factor 2 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Urban and Freight Transport Logistics and Quality and Supply Management, together about 31.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1. Theoretical, empirical and policy analyses on management, operation and performance in logistics and supply-chain management.2. Environmental and social / equity impacts on freight and passenger transport and implications of movement on cost and movement, capacity, demand, pricing, externalities.3. Efficiency of freight and passenger transport.4. Impact of driving forces (i.e. transport volume, modal split, technology, efficiency), on freight and passenger transport, its social, economic, environmental and ecologic impacts on society.5. Impacts of policy instruments (e.g. prices, regulations, infrastructure policy) on these driving forces, the efficiency of transport and its impact on society.Why subscribe and readThe journal publishes informative and analytical international scientific and professional articles in the field of logistics and sustainable transport. Subject areas include logistics and related transport infrastructure, technological, operational, economic, and other environmental, social and institutional issues. This scope makes the journal inter- and multidisciplinary and in particular, a convenient source of information for logistics and transport researchers, planners, practitioners and policy makers at different - local, national and international levels, and across disciplines such as technology design, planning, implementation, management, policy-making, social, economic and environmental regulation.Why submitThe journal publishes articles that reflect the concerns of government policy, industry and academia, their views on developments such as changes in the global supply chains as well as on the impact of increased mobility of freight and passengers. The subject areas at the same time address issues such as the environment, efficiency and equity.a. The impacts of goods transport and logistics on society, including economic, ecologic and social effects.b. The efficiency of passenger and freight transport, and the abovementioned impacts on society.c. Sustainability of transport and logistics.Since Volume 16 (2025), the journal has changed its license to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) as currently displayed on https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Until Volume 15, articles were published under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.The publication of the journal is co-financed by the Slovenian research and innovation agency (ARIS) within the framework of the Public Call for the (co-)financing of the p
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Maja Fošner, University of Maribor, Maribor, SloveniaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Slovenia 5, United States 1, Indonesia 1, Serbia 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting11.9%
- Urban and Freight Transport LogisticsEngineering10.4%
- Quality and Supply ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting9%
- Maritime Ports and LogisticsEngineering9%
- Supply Chain Resilience and Risk ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences5.7%
- Outsourcing and Supply Chain ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Transportation Planning and OptimizationSocial Sciences4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 124 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 20 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright
- Conflicts of interest
Publication co-financed by the Slovenian research and innovation agency (ARIS) for 2025 and 2026. Model summary
The publication of the journal is co-financed by the Slovenian research and innovation agency (ARIS) within the framework of the Public Call for the (co-)financing of the publication of domestic periodic scientific publications in 2025 and 2026.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
License: CC BY 4.0 since Volume 16 (2025); previously CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 until Volume 15. Model summary
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2784-7497
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges
What is the impact factor of Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Slovenia (5), United States (1) and Indonesia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges open access, and what is the APC?
Logistics Supply Chain Sustainability and Global Challenges is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .